19 Dec 1935
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1935
Page
1
Annual meeting notes list Muckatah Tart Club on December 21 and Cobram Tart Club on December 23, with an annual tennis tournament scheduled for December 25 and 26. An January arrival is noted without details.
Local notes report Cobram Turf Club annual meeting at Mechanics Institute at 4 pm Monday next December 1. Muckatah Turf Club votes to hold 8:30 pm December 21 at racecourse rooms. St Joseph's Cobram pupils Mollie Gibbs Gwen Crawley Vera Danaher Leslie Keamy Leslie Koopman Gavan Cox earn Merit Certificates. New Year Carnival costumes must be ordered by December 1. Wind damage hits crops, oats and wheat per acre losses noted. Courier holiday schedule adjusts printing to December 24 and January 9 1930. Henry Hartnup 24 shot dead at Jerilderie. inquest expected. Corowa YP Board debates public watering place control and leasing reserves including Figure Eight curve for stock routes and free water access.
The monthly shore meeting at Mesors Burns Brothers residence reported good attendance. State Rivers Commission and Forests Department consider draining Koonoomoo Lagoon to Sheepwash Creek and survey work. Forest road contract setback triggers Shire review to avoid work withdrawal. Next meeting 9 January.
Cobram Lawn Tennis Club hosts the Asaust Christmas Tournament on December 25 26 27 on grass courts. Northern Goulburn Valley Championships expected with record entries from metropolitan players. A booth and luncheon will serve players and spectators. Boxing Night features a ball at the Mechanics Institute with Gervasoni's Orchestra for supper hosted by the ladies.
Correspondence from James Caldwell district inspector expresses gratitude to teachers pupils and the public for a district fund effort in the Goulburn Valley to raise about £350 mainly by children. Special thanks to J M Gallagher Moeroopua School for organizing and keeping expenses under £1 1d as the total collected goes to the fund.
Mr E H Coldwell underwent an appendicitis operation on Tuesday. Mr W Hutchimon of Indi was married to Misa Beryl Ross of Boughton Beach on Monday. Miss K Darcy of Moorooppa joined the Strathaird in Sydney on Friday for a three weeks cruise to New Zealand. A batch of Justices of the Peace for NSW was empowered this week. The gain were Malica of Finley and Mere Mead Davis of Savernake. Deceased was aged 50 and leaves two sons and a daughter. Through being struck by a stick during a play, T Numm tah has lost sight of both eyes. The article notes various local residents and events with partial, readable fragments.
Cobram leaders debated continuing the annual New Year’s Day Gymkhana now Cobram Carnival, with A Gemmel presiding. Attendees weighed wheat price effects, show focus, and finances, deciding to proceed under a new name and two hundred pound programme funding.
Local councils debate routes from Benalla to Tocumwal and Seymour to Tocumwal Cobram Progress Association and Toogamah Council back direct Murray Valley Highway link while Cobram lacks support. Be nalla road upgrade seen as future highway catalyst. Herigan Shire appoints representatives to conference. Courier editorial notes differing views among neighboring shires.
Large audience fills the St Josephs School hall for an evening of varied performances by pupils. Highlights include an overture from Gervasoni’s Orchestra, dances by senior and junior groups, Tap Dances by Shirley Attridge and Alice Maloney, a Toymaker Dream scene with Frank Mulcahy, and a Maypole Dance.
Katamatite School held a packed Christmas concert night with items from pupils including recitations, songs, and dances. Certificates were awarded to Myra Mead, Leslie White, Robert Sidebottom, and James Cullery, followed by Santa Claus delivering toys and a concluding ice cream supper.
At a stormy meeting of the Shepparton and district Agricultural Societies Association, Shepparton's show dates were moved from the third Wednesday in October to the second. Ta ture and Nagarkab opposed the change, arguing it would affect their local shows. Three societies Nathalia Kyabram and Murchison proposed October 17 though none would concede. A later decision offered Nathalia October 10 Kyabram October 17 and Murchison October 31 for consideration at a forthcoming meeting.
A fragmentary OCR sports item shows scattered player references and partial scoring marks. The readable text mentions names like Kathes and Aline Sup Wie, with garbled notes about lines, rounds, and possible game actions, but no coherent event or outcome is discernible.
The readable fragments mention various names and places with no coherent story. It references people such as Finley and Barooys and scattered terms like DIGI, SMUAY, and MeKechiie, but no identifiable event or outcome emerges. The text remains garbled and lacks a readable context or dates.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions various facilities and reuse concepts. The readable content is insufficient to identify persons, organizations, dates, places, or concrete actions. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the available lines.
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